Card holder and mobile terminal including same

{
  "publication_number": "US9467186B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Card holder and mobile terminal including same",
  "abstract": "A card holder for holding a card includes a card holder body for providing a support plane for supporting the card; and a plurality of inlaid pieces, wherein each of the plurality of inlaid pieces is pivotally mounted on the card holder body, and is structured to be rotated to a first position perpendicular to the support plane or a second position not higher than the support plane.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A card holder for holding a card, comprising: A card holder body for providing a support plane for supporting the card; and A plurality of inlaid pieces, wherein each of the plurality of inlaid pieces is pivotally mounted on the card holder body, is structured to be rotated to a first position perpendicular to the support plane to hold the card or a second position not higher than the support plane, and is structured to be rotated between the first and second positions.",
    "2. The card holder according to claim 1, wherein the card holder body includes a block wall at a periphery of the support plane.",
    "3. The card holder according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of inlaid pieces includes a part having a step shape, and ones of the plurality of the inlaid pieces are rotated to the first position to fix the card to the card holder body.",
    "4. The card holder according claim 1, wherein the card holder body comprises: an inlaid piece fixing plate providing a plurality of inlaid piece holders for the plurality of inlaid pieces, respectively, the plurality of inlaid pieces being pivotally mounted on a corresponding inlaid piece holder with a pin shaft; and a support plate, fixed to the inlaid piece fixing plate, for providing a plurality of holes for the plurality of inlaid pieces, respectively, for each of the plurality of inlaid pieces to extend out of a corresponding one of the holes when the inlaid piece is rotated to the first position, and to be in the corresponding hole when the inlaid piece is rotated to the second position.",
    "5. The card holder according to claim 4, wherein the inlaid piece fixing plate includes at least a pair of first lock hooks opposite to each other, and the support plate includes a pair of second lock hooks for hooking with the pair of first lock hooks, respectively.",
    "6. The card holder according to claim 1, wherein when the card is a micro subscriber identity module (SIM) card to be used in a mobile terminal, a first plurality of the inlaid pieces are rotated to the first position to fix the micro SIM card to the card holder body; and when the card is a nano SIM card to be used in the mobile terminal, a second plurality of the inlaid pieces are rotated to the first position to fix the nano SIM card to the card holder body.",
    "7. The card holder according to claim 2, wherein when the card is a mini subscriber identity module (SIM) card to be used in a mobile terminal, all of the plurality of inlaid pieces are rotated to the second position, for the block wall to fix the mini SIM card to the card holder body.",
    "8. A mobile terminal, comprising: A housing; and A card holder in the hosuing, wherein the card holder includes; A card holder body for providing a support plane for supporting a card; and A plurality of inlaid pieces, wherein each of the plurality of inlaid pieces is pivotally mounted on the card holder body, is structured to be rotated to a first position perpendicular to the support plane to hold the card or a second position not higher than the support plane, and is structured to be rotated between the first and second positions.",
    "9. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the card holder body includes a block wall at a periphery of the support plane.",
    "10. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of inlaid pieces includes a part having a step shape, and ones of the plurality of the inlaid pieces are rotated to the first position to fix the card to the card holder body.",
    "11. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the card holder body comprises: an inlaid piece fixing plate providing a plurality of inlaid piece holders for the plurality of inlaid pieces, respectively, the plurality of inlaid pieces being pivotally mounted on a corresponding inlaid piece holder with a pin shaft; and a support plate, fixed to the inlaid piece fixing plate, for providing a plurality of holes for the plurality of inlaid pieces, respectively, for each of the plurality of inlaid pieces to extend out of a corresponding one of the holes when the inlaid piece is rotated to the first position, and to be in the corresponding hole when the inlaid piece is rotated to the second position.",
    "12. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the inlaid piece fixing plate includes at least a pair of first lock hooks opposite to each other, and the support plate includes a pair of second lock hooks for hooking with the pair of first lock hooks, respectively.",
    "13. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein when the card is a micro subscriber identity module (SIM) card to be used in the mobile terminal, a first plurality of the inlaid pieces are rotated to the first position to fix the micro SIM card to the card holder body; and when the card is a nano SIM card to be used in the mobile terminal, a second plurality of the inlaid pieces are rotated to the first position to fix the nano SIM card to the card holder body.",
    "14. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein when the card is a mini subscriber identity module (SIM) card to be used in the mobile terminal, all of the plurality of inlaid pieces are rotated to the second position, for the block wall to fix the mini SIM card to the card holder body.",
    "15. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, being one of a mobile phone, a notebook computer, and a tablet computer."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present disclosure generally relates to a technical field of communication equipment and, more particularly, to a card holder and a mobile terminal including the card holder.\n\nWith the improvement of technology, various mobile terminals, such as a mobile phone, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, etc., are developed. For example, the structure, style, and performance of a mobile terminal may be frequently updated.\n\nConventionally, a card holder for holding a mobile terminal card, such as a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, is provided in the mobile terminal, and can only match cards with the same size. As a result, when a user needs to use a mobil terminal card with a different size, the card holder is unable to hold the card with the different size.\n\nAccording to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a card holder for holding a card, comprising: a card holder body for providing a support plane for supporting the card; and a plurality of inlaid pieces, wherein each of the plurality of inlaid pieces is pivotally mounted on the card holder body, and is structured to be rotated to a first position perpendicular to the support plane or a second position not higher than the support plane.",
  "cpc": [
    "H04B 1/3816",
    "H04M 1/0202"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "H05K 7/12",
    "H05K 7/14",
    "H04B 1/3816",
    "H05K 5/00"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Xiaomi Inc"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Fenghui Wu",
    "Kesheng Yan",
    "Shasha Shi",
    "Shaojie Wang"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2013-12-31",
  "publication_date": "2016-10-11",
  "grant_date": "2016-10-11",
  "priority_date": "2013-04-16",
  "application_number": "US-201314144765-A",
  "family_id": "51686657",
  "cited_by_count": 1,
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}